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Gazeteer of the State of New York
J. H. French, 1860

                             ERIE COUNTY

  [-292-]

        NORTH COLLINS - was formed from Collins, Nov. 24, 1852, as
     "Shirley;" its name was changed June 24, 1853. It is an interior town,
     lying in the S.W. part of the co. Its surface is rolling, the summits
     of the ridges being 200 to 300 ft. above the valleys. The town is
     watered by the head branches of Eighteen Mile, Clear, and Big Sister
     Creeks. The streams generally flow through deep ravines bordered by
     steep declivities. The soil is a gravelly loam. NORTH COLLINS,
     (Collins p.o.,) in the N.W. part of the town, contains 2 churches and
     34 houses. Shirley, (p.v.) and LANGFORD, (p.o.,) in the N.E. part, NEW
     OREGON, (p.o.,) in the E. part, and MARSHFIELD, (p.o.,) in the S., are
     hamlets. The first settlers were Stephen Sisson, Abram Tucker, and
     Enos Southwick, from Warren co., who moved into the town in 1810.(10)
     There are 8 churches in town.(11)

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       (11) The first birth was that of Geo. Tucker, in Aug. 1810; the
            first marriage, that of Levi Woodward and Hannah Southwick, in
            1812; and the first deaths, those of two girls, twin daughters
            of Stephen Sisson. Stephen Stancliff built the first mill, in
            1818; Stephen Tucker kept the first inn, and Chester Rose the
            first store, both in 1813. The first school was taught by Phebe
            Southwick, in the summer of 1813.

       (12) 2 Friends, 2 M. E., 2 R. C., Bap., and Cong.

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